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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Take a sheet of green felt. Cut it into 4ths lengthwise so that you have 4 long strips. Then, cut those strips into squares. Mine were about and inch or so, not perfect, but that's ok. Take each square and cut it into a circle. Just free hand it, if the circles are uneven, it will look better in the end.

If you held several pieces of felt together when you were cutting, separate them and out into a pile, so they get mixed up.

Then with a needle and thread, string the circles by inserting the needle half way between the center of the circle and the edge (If you do it in the center, you'll need more circles to have enough to make a wreath, doing it offset, allows for the center to be bigger with this amount of circles). Once all of them are strung, tie them in to a circle. I sewed around one more time just to make sure it was secure.

Then, I sewed a bow of red ribbon on the front and then I sewed a loop of ribbon between two of the green circles to hang it from.

I considered adding some beads or fabric paint ornaments, but decided not to.

For the first time since I started the Iron Craft Challenges, I missed posting my craft. It was for the Fall Contest Challenge. You know what the sad part is? It was one of the few times that I knew right away beyond a doubt was I was going to do. And I actually did complete the challenge, I just never got around to taking a picture of it! Things are really starting to pick up here for the holidays!

For the Fall contest, I decided to do a Thankful Arrangement. I cut out leaf shapes from scrapbook paper, punch a hole in them put some string through the hole and then gave them to my daughters to write things they're thankful for on them. Then, I hung them from some branches that I placed in a vase filled with silk leaves and tied with a ribbon.

For Iron Craft Challenge #46, I got back in the game and made some fabric fortune cookies for my grandmother.
I bought a plastic Chinese take-out container to put them in. She'll be able to open one each day in December, or would be, if I had gotten them in the mail on time!

Iron Craft Challenge #47 was "For the Table". My favorite center piece for the table this time of year is really simple. I take a glass bowl (usually a crystal one), fill it with water, pour in some cranberries and then float about 3 floating candles in it. There should be enough cranberries to cover the top of the water and I think that white candles look best. But is that really a craft? I was going to do anyway, but I forgot to take a picture of it before guests arrived for my party early on in the week and didn't have any more floating candles left to do it again. So, all I had was this really bad picture.